The research team found that the NAFLD ridge score achieved AUROC of 0.87 and 0.88 in the training and validation groups, respectively.

Using dual cut-offs of 0.24 and 0.44, NAFLD ridge score achieved 92% sensitivity and 90% specificity with corresponding negative and positive predictive values of 96% and 69%, and 87% of overall accuracy among 70% of classifiable subjects in the validation group; 30% of subjects remained indeterminate.